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Recipe Malooba (Chicken)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 1 (4 pound) whole chicken, cut into pieces
- 6 cups water
- 1 medium onion, quartered
- 2 tablespoons ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 3 whole cardamom seeds
- 4 whole cloves
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 1/2 cups uncooked basmati rice, rinsed and drained
- 1 1/2 tablespoons ground allspice
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 large potato, sliced into rounds
- 1 large head cauliflower, separated into florets
- 2 medium tomatoes, diced
Preparing/Cooking:
- Place chicken in a large pot with 6 cups water, onion, 2 tablespoons allspice, ground cardamom, cardamom seeds, whole cloves and bay leaves.
- Bring to a boil, and cook until chicken is tender, about 40 minutes.
- Remove chicken, strain and reserve broth.
- Soak the rice in water while waiting for the chicken to cook.
- When the chicken is almost done, drain the water off, and stir in 1 1/2 tablespoons of allspice.
- Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
- Fry the potatoes and cauliflower in the hot oil until browned.
- They do not need to fully cook.
- In a separate pot, layer fried potatoes on the bottom.
- This is done so that the rice will not stick to the bottom of the pan.
- Add the cauliflower and tomatoes, and sprinkle a handful of rice over the vegetables.
- Remove the bones from the chicken and place the chicken in the pot.
- Cover with the rest of the rice.
- Pour in the reserved broth until it reaches a level about 1/2 inch above the level of the rice.
- Cover the pot, and cook over medium-low heat for 1 hour, until rice is tender.
- When the liquid has absorbed, have a large round tray ready.
- Uncover the pot, and place the tray over the top.
- Invert so that the pan is upside down on top of the tray.
- Let stand for 5 minutes like this, then slowly remove the pot to let the food fall onto the tray.
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